Minister for Women (New Zealand)

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Minister for Women
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Incumbent
Hon Jan Tinetti
since 6 November 2020
Ministry for Women
StyleThe Honourable
Member of
Reports toPrime Minister of New Zealand
AppointerGovernor-General of New Zealand
Term lengthAt Her Majesty's pleasure
Inaugural holderHon Ann Hercus
Formation26 July 1984
Salary$288,900[1]
Websitewww.beehive.govt.nz

The Minister for Women is the government minister in the New Zealand Government with responsibility for the rights and interests of the country's female citizens. It has been a post in all New Zealand governments since 1984.[2] The Minister leads the Ministry for Women.

The post was established by the Fourth Labour Government on 26 July 1984 preceding the creation of the ministry. It was split from the Social Welfare portfolio after a recommendation from Advisory Committee on Women's Affairs.[3] Holders of the post were known as the Minister for Women's Affairs until December 2014, with the department known as the Ministry of Women's Affairs.[4] There had been a previous ministerial post from 1949 to 1972 adjunct to the Social Security portfolio titled Minister for the Welfare of Women and Children with a similar brief.[5]

Ministers for Women[]

The following ministers have held the office:

Key

  Labour   National   Alliance   Green

No. Name Portrait Term of Office Prime Minister
Minister for the Welfare of Women and Children (1949–72)[5]
1 Hilda Ross Hilda Ross, ca 1951.jpg 13 December 1949 12 December 1957 Holland
Holyoake
2 Mabel Howard Mabel Bowden Howard.jpg 12 December 1957 2 June 1959 Nash
- Philip Skoglund
Acting Minister 		Philip Skoglund, 1960.jpg 2 June 1959 25 August 1959
(2) Mabel Howard Mabel Bowden Howard.jpg 25 August 1959 12 December 1960
3 Norman Shelton Norman Shelton.jpg 12 December 1960 24 January 1962 Holyoake
4 Don McKay Don McKay.jpg 24 January 1962 9 February 1972
Minister for Women (1984–present)
1 Ann Hercus[6] Ann Hercus.jpg 26 July 1984 24 August 1987 Lange
2 Margaret Shields[7] Margaret Shields DCNZM (cropped).jpg 24 August 1987 2 November 1990
Palmer
Moore
3 Jenny Shipley[8] Jenny Shipley 2013 (crop).jpg 2 November 1990 12 December 1996 Bolger
4 Christine Fletcher[9] No image.png 12 December 1996 11 September 1997
(3) Jenny Shipley Jenny Shipley 2013 (crop).jpg 11 September 1997 26 August 1998
Shipley
5 Georgina te Heuheu Georgina te Heuheu.jpg 26 August 1998 10 December 1999
6 Laila Harré Laila Harré, 2009 crop.jpg 10 December 1999 15 August 2002 Clark
7 Ruth Dyson Ruth Dyson, 2011.jpg 15 August 2002 19 October 2005
8 Lianne Dalziel Lianne Dalziel.jpg 19 October 2005 5 November 2007
9 Stephanie Chadwick Steve Chadwick.jpg 5 November 2007 19 November 2008
10 Pansy Wong Pansy wong.jpg 19 November 2008 12 November 2010 Key
(5) Georgina te Heuheu
acting
 Georgina te Heuheu.jpg 12 November 2010 8 December 2010
11 Hekia Parata Min. of Ed.jpg 8 December 2010 13 December 2011
12 Jo Goodhew Jo Goodhew.jpg 13 December 2011 8 October 2014
13 Louise Upston[10] No image.png 8 October 2014 20 December 2016
14 Paula Bennett Paula Bennett Official.png 20 December 2016 26 October 2017 English
15 Julie Anne Genter Julie Anne Genter MP.jpg 26 October 2017 6 November 2020 Ardern
16 Jan Tinetti Jan Tinetti.jpg 6 November 2020 Incumbent

Notes[]

  1. ^ https://www.parliament.nz/media/3151/parliamentary-salaries-and-allowances-determination-2016.pdf[bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ "Minister of Women's Affairs — Ministry of Women's Affairs". mwa.govt.nz. 2011. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
  3. ^ "Senior Woman Takes on Heavy Load". The New Zealand Herald. 31 July 1984. p. 20.
  4. ^ "Ministry for Women". 1 December 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  5. ^ a b Wilson 1985, p. 133.
  6. ^ Wood 1996, p. 66.
  7. ^ Wood 1996, pp. 68, 73.
  8. ^ Wood 1996, pp. 77, 80.
  9. ^ Wood 1996, pp. 78, 81.
  10. ^ "Ministerial List". DPMC. 14 December 2015.

References[]

  • Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
  • Wood, G. A. (1996) [1987]. Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament (2 ed.). Dunedin: University of Otago Press. ISBN 1-877133-00-0.
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